Higher education
Teaching in MBA programmes
Courses in higher education, including business-oriented master programmes.
Profile
Between technology, teaching and research.
I combine professional IT practice, teaching and empirical research. This page summarises the foundation this combination rests on.
Sven Steinhardt, M.Sc., MBA
My professional work is in network engineering, where I also hold responsibility for vocational training. Alongside this, I teach in advanced vocational education and in higher education, and serve as an examiner and reviewer.
My research connects digital IT education, technology acceptance, learning transfer and cognitive load with the question of how technical knowledge becomes applicable under realistic conditions.
Academic background
A path that runs through practice.
B.Sc. Business and Technology
First empirical work on the acceptance of digital theory instruction — the starting point for everything that followed.
MBA, focus on Digital Transformation
Study on the acceptance of hybrid learning models and virtual labs in vocational IT education.
M.Sc. Leadership & Management
Master thesis on the acceptance of e-learning systems in vocational IT education.
DBA Candidate, PPA Business School Paris
Continued work on how digital learning systems can support robust capability to act in high-stakes learning and working contexts — beyond acceptance alone.
Methodological profile
What I actually work with.
The method follows the question. That is why I work both quantitatively and qualitatively — and state openly where the limits of each approach lie.
Quantitative
- Survey design and construct operationalisation
- Scale development and measurement-model assessment
- PLS-SEM and exploratory structural analysis
- Sensitivity and multiverse analyses for robustness testing
- Transparent reporting of analytical decisions
Qualitative
- Semi-structured interviews
- Retrospective critical-incident narratives
- Reflexive thematic analysis
- Systematic anonymisation
- Ethics, consent and data-protection documentation
Working principle
I never claim more than the data supports.
- Methodological limits are named, not concealed
- Self-reports are not presented as performance evidence
- Exploratory findings stay exploratory until they are tested
Teaching & review
Where I work with learners.
Vocational education
Advanced training and apprenticeships
Teaching in advanced vocational IT education and responsibility for company-based training.
Review
Examiner and reviewer
Participation in examination and review procedures; experience with journal submission, peer review and revisions.